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Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ second win over the Tigers and fifth straight win overall... NATIONALS WIN 5TH STRAIGHT (1ST TIME SINCE 2021): Jake Irvin gave up leadoff home run, on his 6th pitch of the game last night, a full-count curve he left up in the zone, over the middle of the plate. Detroit Tigers’ outfielder Matt Vierling hit it out to left field in Comerica … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats win 5th straight, 7-5 over Tigers in Comerica Park

Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ series finale with the Tigers... SCORE FOR COR-BIN: Patrick Corbin, 34, took the mound on Thursday afternoon 13 starts and 71 2⁄3 innings into the final year of his six-year/$140M deal with Washington’s Nationals with a 6.15 ERA, 5.23 FIP, 27 walks (3.39 BB/9), 44 Ks (5.53 K/9), 12 HRs allowed (1.51 HR/9), and a .321/.374/.558 line against … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Patrick Corbin vs the Tigers; Lane Thomas vs the ump + more…

Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ series opener with the Tigers in Comerica Park... FOUR UNEARNED RUNS: Mitchell Parker’s tenth start in the majors last week was a seven-inning, 71-pitch outing in which he gave up three hits, one a home run, and two earned runs, striking out two without walking a batter. It was the tenth time in his first 10 starts in the majors the … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats beat Tigers in extras, 5-4; Mitchell Parker in Detroit + more…

Notes and quotes after the first off day for the Nationals in a long while... ROTATION : Patrick Corbin, if he’d stayed on his regular schedule, was lined up to start Tuesday’s series opener in Detroit, MI, but before the finale of the four-game set with Atlanta in the nation’s capital on Sunday, Washington’s manager Davey Martinez announced the Nationals’ trio of starters … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Patrick Corbin & the Nats’ rotation; Davey Martinez talks pitching…

Notes and quotes from the series finale with the Braves... “Got the first one out the way,” 23-year-old lefty DJ Herz told reporters, after four innings of work against New York’s Mets in his MLB debut, “and move on to the next and keep going.” Herz gave up seven hits, two walks, and four earned runs, with two runs scoring on a home run in the fourth, and the other two crossing … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Big 7-run 4th lifts Nats, 8-5, for 3 of 4 from Braves in D.C.